Reading Assignments

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Thu Jan 3 - #1 Historiography (handout in class)
  1. What complicates our ability to know about the history of Abraham Lincoln?
  2. Be able to define the following terms as they apply to history: historiography, point-of-view, primary source, secondary source, presentism, revisionism.

Fri Jan 4 - #2 Neolithic Revolution (pp 8-10)
  1. What was so revolutionary about the Neolithic Revolution? (Such as what was it and how did it radically change people's lives?)
  2. Create a short timeline of major developments during the Neolithic Period.
  3. What were the major places in the world effected by the Neolithic Revolution prior to 3000 BCE?

Mon Jan 7 - #3 Birth of "Civilization" (pp 11-13)
  1. Locate and label 6 places in the world that developed cities between 3500 BCE and 1000 BCE.
  2. What are the possible defining traits of a civilization?

Tue Jan 8 - #4 Spread of Cities and Empires
1. Yesterday we looked at the traits of early civilizations and used Sumer in Mesopotamia(p 30) as an example. Compare Sumerian civilization to one of these below:
- Egypt: pp. 21-24 (also useful info in 27-29)
- Babylon & Assyria: pp 36-38
- Indus Valley: pp 53-55
- Shang Period China: 81-83
2. Would the place you chose to compare above be considered an an empire? Why or why not?

Wed Jan 9 - End of Unit 1 (Prehistory to 600 BCE) Took Learning Goal Test. Turned in Unit 1 Participation Assignments.

Thurs Jan 10 - #1 The Greek Golden Age (pp 115-125)
What were some of the political and cultural traits of Greece during its "golden age in the 400s BCE? (Assignment: Greek Golden Age worksheet)


Fri Jan 11 #2 Hellenism (pp 142-145)
1. What specific ideas, arts, and sciences define Hellenism and spread through the Hellenistic empire?
2. How was Hellenism more than just the spread of classical Greek culture to non-Greeks?

Map Quiz Practice: Asia!

Mon 1/14 #3 Roman Society and Culture (162-166)
Make a chart that shows specific facts for Rome's Politics, Economy, Culture, and Society.

Tue 1/15 #4 Imperial Vine (Handout)
This is a 1 page essay that was written in class based on a reading. Students did this in class today. See me if you need the instructions or handout.

Wed 1/16 #5 Classical China
For each item, with a partner, what is one sentence that would define the most important things about it and one sentence that would explain what it reveals about Chinese society overall during this period.
- Mandate of Heaven p 84
- Qin Dynasty p 87
- Han Dynasty p 87
- Confucianism p 90
- Civil Service p 88
- Daoism p 90
- China's Social Structure p 93
- China's Economy p 94
- Literature p 94
- Science p 95

Fri 1/18 #6 Indian Empires (pp 66-71)
What are 5 ways that India's empires in this period compres to the Greco-Roman Empires or China?

Good terms to know for this topic: Mauryan Empire, Gupta Empire, Ashoka.

Tue 1/22 #7 Hinduism (pp 60-62)
  • Origins?
  • Beliefs?
  • Practices?
  • Sacred Text?
  • Symbols?
  • Impact on society?
  • Connections to government in this period?

Tue 1/22 #8 Buddhism (pp 63-65)

UNIT III

#1 Islam as a Civilization 248-253
Create a chart where you show traits that Islamic civilization borrowed from previous civilizations and traits that were more uniquely shaped by Islam. Include the following categories:
  • Culture, technology, science
  • Government
  • Society / Social Structure
  • Trade / Interactions

#2 Medieval Western Europe 294-299; 302
  1. What new concepts define Western European life between 600-1000 CE that do not seem to have come from Rome?
  2. What is Feudalism and Manorialism?
  3. What specific roles did the Church have in Western Europe at this time?
  4. How does Medieval Western Europe compare to the previous Roman Empire or the neighboring Islamic empire?


#3 Crusades (Handout)


#4 Mongols (Handout)

1. 10 interesting facts?
2. 5 questions you would ask?
3. What do we know/not know about Genghis Kahn?
4. What long term significance do the Mongols have on history? Give specific examples.

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#1 Renaissance

  1. Basic defining traits of Renaissance? (Who, what, when, where, why?)
  2. What are the typical ideas (such as humanism) and artistic features of the Renaissance?
  3. What caused the Renaissance?
  4. Why is it significant in the long-run?



Handed in: Protestant Reformation

  1. What, when, and where was the Protestant Reformation?
  2. Explain the complaints that Reformers had? (available on handout)
  3. Why did the Reformers place greater emphasis on the Bible? Use the provided Biblical documents to support one of their disagreements with the Catholic Church at this time?
  4. Why is the Reformation significant beyond just the subject on religion?



#2 Royal Absolutism

  • Make a T-Chart showing things that contributed to increased power of monarchs in France and in Russia during the 1500s-1600s.



#3 Scientific Revolution (p. 382)

  1. What, when, and where was the scientific revolution?
  2. How does it seem to fit with other things happening in these locations at this time in history?
  3. Some historians have argued that there is no such thing as a Scientific Revolution. What facts might one use to say that the changes in science were truly a "revolution" rather than just part of the same gradual increase in scientific knowledge?
  4. Make a list of turning points and discoveries during this period that would be associated with a scientific revolution.



Small Group Activity: Europeans In The Atlantic

  • Exploration
  • European Empires and Colonization of the Americas.
  • The Columbian Exchange
  • The Atlantic Slave Trade



#4 Europe, Africa, China

  1. HOW did Europe impact China between 1500-1800? (See China and Europe article)
  2. What was the long-term impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa (see handout on this topic)